Russian: 40mm grenades and launchers. (Professional Forum).(weapons)(Brief Article)

Infantry Magazine | March 22, 2002| | Copyright

Experiences from the second Chechen War set the tone for future ordnance. The Pribor Research and Production Center announced in May 2001 that it had developed a 40mm "cumulative" round for GP-25 and GP-30 under-barrel grenade launchers capable of piercing 60 to 70mm of armor. In addition to illuminating and training rounds, the Russian Military News Agency quoted Pribor chief engineer Vladimir Eggert as saying that the third new round would be thermobaric.

The effectiveness of a thermobaric 40mm grenade round will be an interesting problem in packaging. The 4.7kg ...

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